Software Developer Backend Engineer

Summary

Join Hike, a company building the Rush Gaming Universe, and contribute to a team driven by its core values, the Hike Code. As a Backend Engineer, you will be responsible for developing, innovating, and integrating new technologies and tools, planning and scoping out tasks and systems, mentoring other engineers, and defining, architecting, and developing core gaming server components. You will also optimize code and memory usage for high-performance scalable systems, work closely with product managers, other backend engineers, and app developers, and contribute to systems that will impact the experience of millions of users.

Requirements

• Strong experience in backend gaming technologies and networking protocols
• Strong coding skills in Java and/or C#
• Should have a strong understanding of TCP/IP & UDP protocols
• Should have a basic understanding of distributed systems
• Proficiency in designing REST APIs with JSON & XML formats
• Proficiency in designing relational databases and schemas for relational databases
• Scale systems for hundreds of thousands of concurrent connections
• 1 to 3 years of relevant industry experience
• Strong Object Oriented design and architecture skills
• A solid foundation in computer science, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design
• Proven ability to architect and design large and complicated systems
• Excellent communication skills – particularly the ability to discuss timelines, design concerns, and provide helpful feedback to team members
• Experience with common workflow tools like source control (GIT), bug tracking (JIRA), etc

Responsibilities

• Develop, innovate & integrate new technologies and tools
• Scope out tasks and systems, looking for future improvements
• Mentor other engineers in core language and technology struggles
• Define, architect, & develop core gaming server components
• Optimize code & memory usage for high-performance scalable systems
• Work closely with product managers, other backend engineers and app developers
• Work on systems that will impact the experience of millions of users
• You must be able to write coherent, organized code and be comfortable working on a complicated code-base